Excerpts from the Trinity MS (BMS)

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A maske     1634.
the first scene discovers a wild wood.
A Guardian spirit or Dæmon

Before the starrie threshold of Joves court
my mansion is, where those im[m]ortall shapes
of bright aereall spirits live insphear'd
in regions of calme & serene airewhere the banks

5
amidst the gardens Hesp[er]ian gardens, on ´ whose bancks
2 1__
æternall roses grow & hyacinth

bedew'd wth nectar, & celestiall songs
*yeeldblow *grow *blosme
æternall roses grow, & hyacinth

& fruits of golden rind, on whose faire tree
ever
the scalie-harnest wactchfull dragons ´ keeps
uninchanted

10
his never charmed eye, & round the verge

& sacred limits of this *happie Isle blissfull *blisfull

the jealous ocean that old river winds

his farre-extended armes till wth steepe fall

halfe his wast flood ye wide Atlantique fills

15
& halfe the slow unfadom'd poole of styx stygian poole
(wonder
I doubt me gentle mortalls these may seeme but soft I was not sent to court yor

strange distances to heare & unknowne climes wth distant worlds, & strange removed clim

yet thence I come and oft frõ thence behold

above...
[Lines 5-18 above have been crossed through with a large X]

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beyond the written date of mortal change

the

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neerest & likliest to give præsent aide chance aide

f ys occasion of this occasion, but I heare the tread
hateful
of virgin steps I must be viewlesse now. Exit goes out

wth a charming rod & glasse of liquor
Comus enters ´ with his rout all headed like some wild beasts thire
come on in
garments some like mens & some like womens they begin a wild &

humorous antick fashion

115
intrant komasontes. [Greek letters]

155[132]
of Stygian darknesse spitts her thickest glo´ome *and makes one blot

*and makes a blot of nature and throws a blot ´ of all ye aire
clowdie
stay thy polisht ebon chaire (& befriend
ÎnoneÎwherin thou ridst ridst wth Hecate.
of till all thy dues bee don & nought left out & favour our close revelrie jocondrie

ere the blabbing eastreane scoutus thy vow'd preists till utmost end

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I see yee visibly, & while I see yee

this dusky hollow is a paradise

& heaven gates ore my head ´ & now I beleeve

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So mast maist thou be translated to the skies

And hold a counterpoint *to all heavns harmonies*and give resounding grace

380[354]
do-or gainst the rugged barke of some broad elme(fraught wth sad fears

wneshe leans her thoughtfull head musing at our unkindnesse unpillow'd head frau

happs sõe what if
old banke is or else in wild amazement, and affright

so fares as did forsaken Proserpine
rowling
when the big ´ wallowing flakes of pitchie clowds

& darknesse wo´und her in. I Bro. Peace, brother peace

inferre, as if I thought my sisters state

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secure, wthout all doubt or question, no

besh´rew me but I would I could be willing though now i'th darke to trie
encounter
a tough ´ passado wth the shaggiest ruffian

that lurks by hedge or lane of this dead circuit

to have her by my side, though I were sure

450
she might be free from perill where she is

but where an equall poise of hopes and fears

and force him to release his new got prey restore his purchase back

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or drag him by the curls & cleave his scalpe

downe to the hipps l [-----] hips. Dæ. alas good ventrous youth